A. Primary Wave IP Investment Management LLC, its subsidiaries affiliates and its relying
adviser, Primary Wave IP Investment Management II, LLC (collectively “Primary Wave”,
the “Adviser” or the “Firm”), is a Delaware limited liability company formed on
February 25, 2016. Primary Wave is an investment adviser focused on investing in music
intellectual property, including music catalogs, copyrights, royalty streams and related
rights. The Firm is located in New York, NY. The Firm is majority controlled by PWMP
Ventures LLC.
B. The Firm provides investment advisory services to Primary Wave Music IP Fund 1, LP,
(“Fund 1”), Primary Wave Music IP Fund 2, LP (“Fund 2”), Primary Wave Music IP Fund
3, LP (“Fund 3”); and Primary Wave Music IP Fund 4 LP (“Fund 4”), each a Delaware
limited partnership; and Primary Wave Music Feeder, LP (the “Feeder Fund”, and
together with Fund 1, Fund 2, Fund 3 and Fund 4, the “Funds”), a Cayman Islands
exempted limited partnership which feeds into Fund 3. The Firm also provides
discretionary sub-advisory services to Primary Wave Music IP Holdings, LP (“IP
Holdings”), a Delaware limited partnership and Primary Wave Music Prince Coinvest,
LP (the “Prince Coinvest”), a Delaware limited partnership. The Funds, IP Holdings,
and the Prince Coinvest are each considered a “Client” and collectively, the “Clients”
or “Client Accounts”. The Client Accounts were formed as private equity pooled
investment vehicles. The sole purpose of the Feeder Fund is to invest indirectly in Fund
3 through a blocker entity. The Prince Coinvest was formed to co-invest in the Prince
Estate alongside Fund 3.
Primary Wave will focus on investing in a portfolio of music copyrights through
acquisitions, administration, advances and structured agreements in relation to music
royalty interests from a range of genres, artists, and music industry concerns. The Firm
will have discretion to invest in a wide range of music copyrights, royalty streams, and
music companies including, but not limited to, assets that are known in the music
industry as music publishing, writers share, administration income, producer royalties,
master royalties and neighboring rights (each a “Music Asset” and collectively “Music
Assets”). It is anticipated that the Client Accounts will generate current income over
the life of the Client Accounts and income attributable to the sale of assets.
C. Primary Wave provides discretionary investment management services to the Funds in
accordance with the applicable limited partnership agreements, investment
management agreements, operating agreements, offering memoranda and other such
agreements (the “Offering
Documents”). The IP Holdings and Prince Coinvest’s
limited partners’ investment rights are outlined in their respective governing
documents. It should be noted that Primary Wave has management authority over IP
Holdings and Prince Coinvest, subject to approvals by the respective majority partners
of IP Holdings and Prince Coinvest.
Primary Wave Music IP Fund 1 GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is Fund
1’s General Partner (“Fund 1 General Partner”). Primary Wave Music IP Fund 2 GP
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is Fund 2’s General Partner (“Fund 2
General Partner”). Primary Wave Music IP Fund 3 GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, is Fund 3’s and the Prince Coinvest’s General Partner (“Fund 3
General Partner”). Primary Wave Music IP Fund 4 GP, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, is Fund 4’s General Partner (“Fund 4 General Partner”). Primary
Wave Music IP Holdings GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is IP Holdings’
General Partner (“IP Holdings General Partner”). Primary Wave Music Feeder GP,
LLC is the Feeder Fund’s General Partner (“FF General Partner” and together with
Fund 1 General Partner, Fund 2 General Partner, Fund 3 General Partner, Fund 4 General
Partner, and IP Holdings General Partner, the “General Partners”). The governing
documents of the Funds and IP Holdings and Prince Co-Invest typically allow the
General Partners to control the business and affairs of the Funds, IP Holdings and the
Prince Co-Invest.
Primary Wave does not expect to tailor advisory services to any individual or particular
needs of the investors in the Client Accounts. Such investors accept the terms of
advisory services as set forth in their respective governing document. The Firm expects
to have broad investment authority with respect to the Clients and, as such, investors
should consider whether the investment objectives of the Clients are in line with their
individual objectives and risk tolerance prior to investment.
It should be noted that the Clients and/or the General Partners, without any further
act, approval or vote of any investor, has entered into, and may enter into after the date
hereof, side letters or other similar agreements with certain investors that have the
effect of establishing rights under, or altering or supplementing the terms of, the
Offering Documents, which may make the rights of such investors different than the
rights of other investors.
D. Primary Wave does not participate in wrap fee programs.
E. As of December 31, 2023, Primary Wave managed $3,380,546,017 in regulatory assets on
a discretionary basis.